I have noticed that even though a cubic predictor has a higher PSNR, a quadratic predictor looks better for lossy compression because it smudges edges less. Smudges are more annoying than other artifacts. Even better results can be achieved by detecting
which blocks have an edge and using more bits.

For this image:
https://www.pngegg.com/en/png-wvrud

here are the file sizes:

asymmetric cubic 4099820
symmetric cubic 4035623
symmetric quadratic 3966858

--
Get stewed.
Books are a load of crap.

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I just got a new computer from Newegg. It makes my old one look like junk. With 8 cores instead of 2, a brute force optimization takes 1 day instead of 4.

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I just got a new computer from Newegg. It makes my old one look like junk. With 8 cores instead of 2, a brute force optimization takes 1 day instead of 4.

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I just got a new computer from Newegg. It makes my old one look like junk. With 8 cores instead of 2, a brute force optimization takes 1 day instead of 4.

I have noticed that even though a cubic predictor has a higher PSNR, a quadratic predictor looks better for lossy compression because it smudges edges less. Smudges are more annoying than other artifacts. Even better results can be achieved by detecting
which blocks have an edge and using more bits.

For this image:
https://www.pngegg.com/en/png-wvrud

here are the file sizes:

asymmetric cubic 4099820
symmetric cubic 4035623
symmetric quadratic 3966858

--
Get stewed.
Books are a load of crap.

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I just got a new computer from Newegg. It makes my old one look like junk. With 8 cores instead of 2, a brute force optimization takes 1 day instead of 4.

I have noticed that even though a cubic predictor has a higher PSNR, a quadratic predictor looks better for lossy compression because it smudges edges less. Smudges are more annoying than other artifacts. Even better results can be achieved by detecting
which blocks have an edge and using more bits.

For this image:
https://www.pngegg.com/en/png-wvrud

here are the file sizes:

asymmetric cubic 4099820
symmetric cubic 4035623
symmetric quadratic 3966858

I use coffee to give me energy to program.

For small images, if you blink you missed it, because Libima is fast, fast, fast.

--
Get stewed.
Books are a load of crap.

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I just got a new computer from Newegg. It makes my old one look like junk. With 8 cores instead of 2, a brute force optimization takes 1 day instead of 4.

I have noticed that even though a cubic predictor has a higher PSNR, a quadratic predictor looks better for lossy compression because it smudges edges less. Smudges are more annoying than other artifacts. Even better results can be achieved by detecting
which blocks have an edge and using more bits.

For this image:
https://www.pngegg.com/en/png-wvrud

here are the file sizes:

asymmetric cubic 4099820
symmetric cubic 4035623
symmetric quadratic 3966858

I use coffee to give me energy to program. I want internetters to watch me develop the best image compressor.

--
Get stewed.
Books are a load of crap.

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I just got a new computer from Newegg. It makes my old one look like junk. With 8 cores instead of 2, a brute force optimization takes 1 day instead of 4.

I have noticed that even though a cubic predictor has a higher PSNR, a quadratic predictor looks better for lossy compression because it smudges edges less. Smudges are more annoying than other artifacts. Even better results can be achieved by detecting
which blocks have an edge and using more bits.

For this image:
https://www.pngegg.com/en/png-wvrud

here are the file sizes:

asymmetric cubic 4099820
symmetric cubic 4035623
symmetric quadratic 3966858

I use coffee to give me energy to program. I want internetters to watch me develop the best image compressor.

For small images, if you blink you missed it, because Libima is fast, fast, fast.

--
Get stewed.
Books are a load of crap.

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On Sun, 22 Jan 2023 22:09:06 -0800 (PST)
Mihai Moise <mihai.moise5@gmail.com> wrote:

I just got a new computer from Newegg. It makes my old one look like junk. With 8 cores instead of 2, a brute force optimization takes 1 day instead of 4.

I have noticed that even though a cubic predictor has a higher PSNR, a quadratic predictor looks better for lossy compression because it smudges edges less. Smudges are more annoying than other artifacts. Even better results can be achieved by

detecting which blocks have an edge and using more bits.

For this image:
https://www.pngegg.com/en/png-wvrud

here are the file sizes:

asymmetric cubic 4099820
symmetric cubic 4035623
symmetric quadratic 3966858

I use coffee to give me energy to program. I want internetters to watch me develop the best image compressor.

The coffee makes you post the same thing over & over?

--
Bah, and indeed Humbug.

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"Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> writes:

On Sun, 22 Jan 2023 22:09:06 -0800 (PST)
Mihai Moise <mihai.moise5@gmail.com> wrote:

I just got a new computer from Newegg. It makes my old one look like
junk. With 8 cores instead of 2, a brute force optimization takes 1
day instead of 4.

I have noticed that even though a cubic predictor has a higher PSNR,
a quadratic predictor looks better for lossy compression because it
smudges edges less. Smudges are more annoying than other
artifacts. Even better results can be achieved by detecting which
blocks have an edge and using more bits.

For this image:
https://www.pngegg.com/en/png-wvrud

here are the file sizes:

asymmetric cubic 4099820
symmetric cubic 4035623
symmetric quadratic 3966858

I use coffee to give me energy to program. I want internetters to
watch me develop the best image compressor.

The coffee makes you post the same thing over & over?

His redundancy makes him easier to compress.

Phil
--
We are no longer hunters and nomads. No longer awed and frightened, as we have gained some understanding of the world in which we live. As such, we can cast aside childish remnants from the dawn of our civilization.
-- NotSanguine on SoylentNews, after Eugen Weber in /The Western Tradition/

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Is midnight 0:00 or 24:00? I never understood it. Maybe other people can explain it to me.

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On 1/30/23 9:33 PM, Mihai Cartoaje wrote:

Is midnight 0:00 or 24:00? I never understood it. Maybe other people can explain it to me.

Conventional rules say the hour is 00 - 23, so 00:00

You might be able to argue that the exact instant of midnight is 24:00
since that is the end of the day, but the very next moment would be

00:00:00.0000...01 since it IS in the next day, so 0 hours into the day.

So we don't write Midnight as 24:00 as that is only plausable for an infintesimal fraction of a second.

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Libima is the alternative to WiMP.

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I can post about non-compression topics in this thread. It's mine.

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I can post about non-compression topics in this thread. That's mine.

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You people don't appreciate my posts.

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I realized why they are called bookshelf speakers. The books absorb the echo.

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I brew rosehip tea and coffee together. I like coffee cold, like the iced cappuccinos at Tim Hortons. With breakfast eggs. Since Google adopted a javascript interface, this newsgroup is dead. So no one is watch me write how I program.

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I brew rosehip tea and coffee together. I like coffee cold, like the iced cappuccinos at Tim Hortons. With breakfast eggs. Since Google adopted a javascript interface, this newsgroup is dead. So no one is watch me write how I program.

I am also good at physics. Though not a crackpot like the people who want the goverments to fund less experimental physics and more people who don't believe in quantum mechanics. When I read a physics book, I notice the errors experts made. I wish I met
a hot girl accross the hall.

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I don't like archivers which don't have a keep broken option. If a file fails the checksum test, there might still be a reason to keep it. If the file is a video file, the user might want to view the beginning.

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I hope you appreciate all the information in my first post. It took me a lot of effort.

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The people in London, Ontario say very interesting things just standing in line. Such as,

"Don't use your girl power."
"I'm not short; I'm vertically challenged."

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I wonder what percentage of girls in statistics would have a boyfriend.

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Or want their parents to like them.

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I have invented a lossless 8-DCT which uses 8 multiplications. The previous record was 15 multiplications.

The S transform is

b -= a
a += b >> 1

I shall call the T transform

a += b
b -= a >> 1

A normalized rotation can be made like,

x += c0 * y
y += c1 * x
x += c2 * y

The DCT does not have to be normalized because the scaling can be absorbed in the quantization. If a rotation does not have to be normalized, it frees up a degree of freedom, and the rotation can be made with 2 multiplications.

The last step is inserting these techniques in this flowchart: https://fgiesen.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/plonka_dct1.png
--
"I can wear whatever you wish. Be anything you wish. [...] You can have whatever dream you want. [...] Let me... please you."

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Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> writes:

On 1/30/23 9:33 PM, Mihai Cartoaje wrote:

Is midnight 0:00 or 24:00? I never understood it. Maybe other people
can explain it to me.

Conventional rules say the hour is 00 - 23, so 00:00

You might be able to argue that the exact instant of midnight is 24:00
since that is the end of the day, but the very next moment would be

00:00:00.0000...01 since it IS in the next day, so 0 hours into the day.

So we don't write Midnight as 24:00 as that is only plausable for an infintesimal fraction of a second.

ISO thinks otherwise:

"Thus the value ‘24:00:00’ is chosen to represent the final
instant of the day"

"23:59:58’, ‘23:59:59’, ‘23:59:60’, ‘24:00:00’ are times before or at
the ending of the day;"

You need a sensible reason to use it, and it might not be compatible
with tighter standards that utilise ISO8601 (such as some internet
standards), but sometimes it's exactly what you want to use.

Phil

--
We are no longer hunters and nomads. No longer awed and frightened, as we have gained some understanding of the world in which we live. As such, we can cast aside childish remnants from the dawn of our civilization.
-- NotSanguine on SoylentNews, after Eugen Weber in /The Western Tradition/

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There are people who want Lena to no longer be used. It's nice that they pursue their dream no matter what.

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I prefer 0:00, 1:00, 2:00 than 24:00, 1:00.

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I prefer 0:00, 1:00 , 2:00 than 24:00, 1:00.

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I am not afraid of what people shall think of me from my newsgroup posts.

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I'm in Heaven
With my girlfriend

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Range Asymmetric Numeral System has the efficiency of range coding and the speed of Huffman.

--
"No. I'd never do anything to hurt you. I want you to come back to me."

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This thread is fun and there hasn't been any drama yet.

Most image compression programmers use the DCT. I have a better idea. A 2-dimensional lossless Haar cascaded with a prediction and another Haar.

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Have you noticed that Sabrina's line "I'm a nightmare wrapped in a pretty bow" applies equally well to Prankster Smurf?

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Have you noticed that Sabrina's line "I'm a nightmare wrapped in a pretty bow" applies equally well to Penkster Smurf?

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I have come up with wrestler names. Feel free to use.

For women:

Nightmare Life

For men:

Death Messiah
Hotspur

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On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 9:03:19 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

The last step is inserting these techniques in this flowchart: https://fgiesen.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/plonka_dct1.png

The first step is replacing the additions/substractions with S and T transforms. After you did all that, rewriting the rotations so they are closer to 0 degrees than +/- 90 degrees.

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Other than the Persians, 300 is all Greek to me.

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Libima shall be free software.

--
"Honey, you wouldn't hurt me, would you, sweetheart? Sweetheart, be reasonable; after all, we're married."

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On Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 5:23:48 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

The first step is replacing the additions/substractions with S and T transforms. After you did all that, rewriting the rotations so they are closer to 0 degrees than +/- 90 degrees.

It requires to keep trying until everything works.

--
"Hi Honey, I'm home. Oh I forgot, I'm not married."

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Free software is like the printing press. Commercial software is like copying books by hand.

--
There was an important job to be done and Anybody could have done it; everybody thought somebody would do it. But nobody did it; somebody got angry because it was everybody's job.

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Free software is like the printing press. Commercial software is like copying books by hand.

--
There was an important job to do and Anybody could have done it; everybody thought somebody would do it. But nobody did it; somebody got angry because it was everybody's job.

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Ticket to Paris: 800 dollars
Metro pass: 45 dollars
Latest French fashions: 135 dollars
Hope, faith and glory: priceless
Some things in life money can't buy. For everything else, there's Mastercard.

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If I designed the Genesis, it would have a resolution of 320x240.

--
"That's for making me come to Mars. You know how much I hate this fukin planet!"

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Coffee and eggs taste good together.

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In Soviet Russia, Microsoft plays you... oh wait.

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Roses are red
Violets are blue
In Soviet Russia
Poem writes you

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On Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 5:23:48 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

The first step is replacing the additions/substractions with S and T transforms. After you did all that, rewriting the rotations so they are closer to 0 degrees than +/- 90 degrees.

The last step for me was normalizing between the 2 rotations and the butterfly.

Best wishes.

Make a wish. It might come true.

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A 2-dimensional lossless Haar is like this:

c0 = (a + b + c + d + 1) >> 1
c1 = (a - b + c - d) >> 1
c2 = (a + b - c - d) >> 1
c3 = (a - b - c + d) >> 1

The reverse is the same.

--
"Sorry, Quaid. Your whole life is just a dream."

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On Friday, February 3, 2023 at 3:10:39 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

Most image compression programmers use the DCT. I have a better idea. A 2-dimensional lossless Haar cascaded with a prediction and another Haar.

Cascaded with a reordering of the coefficients so that the frequency 2 coefficients are above or to the left of the frequency 3 coefficients.

--
"How can you possibly think a thing like this? It's... it's like stabbing me in the heart."

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I prefer symmetric predictors to asymmetric predictors. Asymmetric predictors make people look like robots in alien landscapes.

--
"No, Ella."
"Oh. Huh. I don't want to talk about her. She's so dreary."

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Range coding is like arithmetic coding and it's not patented.

--
"Green tea tasting at the Asia society? Remember?"
"Ing, if I never have a drop of tea again, it would be too soon. Please, go without me. You'll have fun, Ing. I mean really, I'm already a half hour late."
"We were supposed to go together. I RSVP'd over a month ago. It's too late to invite anyone else."
"We're roomies, Ing. That's why I pay half the rent. It doesn't mean I owe you every minute of my free time."
"Owe me? You mean for free yoga or nearly burning down my appartment? Owe me? Is that what you think of our friendship?"
"Only because you think friendship is having total control over my life." "Well, unfortunately, you don't know how to run your life, Molly." "Fortunately, that's not your problem."
"Not anymore."

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On Friday, February 3, 2023 at 3:10:39 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

A 2-dimensional lossless Haar cascaded with a prediction and another Haar.

When I first tried this transform, I was surprised by how good the results were.

--
"But if God is unable to prevent evil, then he is not all-powerfull."

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When I was little, we had a tennis raquet which I think was better than all the other raquets because it was so balanced that the center of gravity was near the sweet spot. So it did not vibrate like in cartoons.

I'm writing this in case you had no success with your raquet.

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"Every single day is something nuts. Your presidency is like the craziest show on tv and it's on 24 hours a day and we can't keep up."
"Well too bad because this show is going to run for 8 years, ok? Even though it should have been canceled months ago, but don't worry. We have plenty of fun plot twists coming up. A lot of your favorite characters will be coming back: Kim Jung Un, Carter
Page, even that little psycho Steve Miller. Ok? Also, I don't want to give away too much, but in an upcoming episode, we will find out that Kellyanne has been heterosexual the whole time."

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The benchmarks are not a hoax. They're real.

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Turns out it's not just straight girls who like the Backstreet Boys.

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I have purchased Azure Bonds. Of worth are only the cover and Cheyeska col Thay.

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If Michelle Pfeiffer played Catwoman now, she would be the real ugly, not just tv ugly.

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As you can hear from the Fat Joe song, only go to the Bronx if you are non-wimpy.

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Fashion pros can make 3 dresses in 1 day. Workers in Bangladesh can make 2 blouses per hour.

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On Monday, January 30, 2023 at 10:09:36 PM UTC-5, Richard Damon wrote:

Conventional rules say the hour is 00 - 23, so 00:00

You have given me a lot to think about.

--
he insists on true names, these being absolutely required by the "Laws of Hell".

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Don't operate within the limits of the system. Operate at a higher level.

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In YCbCr, Cr isn't exactly red.

--
"I'm gonna get Argo. We'll set off once I get back."

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In context mixing, each context is assigned a weight. For example, if there are contexts a, b, c, d, they are assigned weights Wa, Wb, Wc, Wd. All weights are positive but can be ignored.

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On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 9:41:05 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

Turns out it's not just straight girls who like the Backstreet Boys.

Or the New Kids on the Block.

--
"Everybody's always talkin' 'bout who's on top"

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On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 9:04:25 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

"Every single day is something nuts. Your presidency is like the craziest show on tv and it's on 24 hours a day and we can't keep up."

For those who haven't seen the SNL sketch, here is a transcript:

We now return to NBC NIGHTLY NEWS and part 2 of Lester Holt's interview with president Donald J Trump.
"Hello mr. president. I... I know you're a busy man so thank you for being here."
"Thank you for having me here, Jazzman. Before we begin, I just need to know that I'm having your undying loyalty."
"You don't, sir. Now let's get started. Clearly the big story this week is James Comey."
"Ok well first all I can just say is that I won the election fair and square. And everyone knows that. Ok?"
"Yes, mr. president. You say that literally all the time."
"Well... well it's one of my greatest hits. And my fans love when I play the hits. It's like when you go to a Beyonce concert they just don't want to hear Single Ladies. They want to hear All the Single Ladies not that Sandcastle crap. Ok?"
"Ok, sir, but back to James Comey. Your staff has been insisting all week that you didn't fire him because of his Russian investigation."
"No, I did."
"Wait, what?"
"I fired him because of Russia. I thought, he's investigating Russia, I don't like that, I should fire him."
"And you are just admitting that?"
"Uh huh."
"But that's obstruction of justice."
"Sure. Ok."
"Wait so, did I get her? Is this all over? Oh. No I didn't? Nothing matters? Absolutely nothing matters anymore?"
"All right. That's right nothing's gonna stop me because I have the Republicans in the palm of my hand. Look at this."
"You called for ice cream, sir. Here's two scoops."
"Paul Ryan?"
"Yes, sir. I am so excited to be working with president Trump on an agenda that benefits..."
"Beat it, nerd. Just get the Hell out of here. Ok?"
"Whatever you say, mr. Trump. He feeds me dog food."
"Mr. president, let's move on. After this week, many people are drawing comparisons between you and Richard Nixon."
"No, no. I am nothing like Nixon because I am not a crook. Ok? Plus I bet Nixon only got one scoop of ice cream for desert. But I get two scoops. Ok? Two scoops.
Two scoops. Ok?"
"Of course mr. president. You're also very different from Nixon because he won the popular vote."
"Listen OJ, you are being very mean to me. Ok? You don't even ask me about all the good things I did this week. For example on Tuesday, I let Kellyanne out of her crypt. Also I invented a new phrase. Have you heard it? It's called priming the pump."
"You didn't invent that, sir. That's a very famous economic phrase."
"No, it's not. It's when I tug at myself half an hour before Melania comes in, so she can find it easier. Ok?"
"Ew. That is not what priming the pump means. And you have just earned yourself an Anderson Cooper eye roll. Andy, take it away. Thanks Coop. Now, mr. president, on Thursday you tweeted that James Comey better hope you don't have tapes of your private
conversation. Did you secretly tape him?"
"Listen Kenan, I don't know. Ok? Probably. I tape a lot of people. I tape whoever I want, whenever I want. Some people have called me a serial tapist. And it's true I am. Ok? When you're president they let you do it."
"Ok, moving on. A lot of people are worried about who you're gonna replace James Comey with at the FBI. Can you just reassure us all that you're not gonna pick someone crazy like Judge Judy?"
"I can promise you this right now: whoever I choose is going to be so bonkers, you're gonna wish like Hell it was Judge Judy. Ok?"
"Ok, mr. Trump, are you trolling us? Because this week you also met with the Russian ambassador in the oval office. You must have known the optics on that would be terrible."
"Come on, do you think I care about optics? Look at me. I sit on every chair like it's a toilet. Ok?"
"It's a good point, sir. But in the future, can you stop and think about the optics? Because every single day is something nuts. Your presidency is like the craziest show on tv and it's on 24 hours a day and we can't keep up."
"Well too bad because this show is going to run for 8 years. Ok? Even though it should have been canceled months ago, but don't worry. We have plenty of fun plot twists coming up. A lot of your favorite characters will be coming back: Kim Jung Un, Carter
Page, even that little psycho Steve Miller. Ok? Also, I don't want to give away too much, but in an upcoming episode, we will find out that Kellyanne has been dead this whole time. Ok?"
"Well thank you for being here, sir. On behalf of everyone, I just want to say, I can't believe you're president."
"I feel you, 2pac."

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Hella is only used in California and has hella chance of catching on elsewhere. If you stepped out of Starbucks, you would know that.

--
"That role should be yours."

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I wonder if cats would play with a yo-yo.

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On Friday, February 10, 2023 at 9:00:36 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

An optimizer is easy to multi-thread, but trying it on BSD is tempting fate.

There was no reason for OOXML. It doubles the amount of work programmers of free word processors have to do. Microsoft is making people buy their software by keeping compatibility hostage.

I was ranting. The second paragraph was false. There are quality free word processors.

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An optimizer is easy to multi-thread, but trying it on BSD is tempting fate.

There was no reason for OOXML. It doubles the amount of work programmers of free word processors have to do. Microsoft is making people buy their software by keeping compatibility hostage.

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On Friday, February 3, 2023 at 3:10:39 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

A 2-dimensional lossless Haar cascaded with a prediction and another Haar.

Transforms where the reconstruction functions are shorter than 4 cause short bursts of energy. Longer than 4 they smudge edges. Transforms where the reconstruction functions are length at least 4 are perfect.

--
Velociraptor: velo: quick. rapture: going to Heaven at the end of the world. The rapture can be hastened by meeting a velociraptor.

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This is the checksum I use in Libima:

int c0, c1;
short c;

c0 += c;
c1 += c0;

It has about the same properties as a CRC, but I think faster on shaders. So I think of it as a gem.

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In Dracula, my favorite character is Mina. In some books, like The Lord of the Rings, all the characters have the same personality, so they cannot be told apart.

--
"Life's a bitch. Now so am I."

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On Friday, February 10, 2023 at 12:45:37 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

We now return to NBC NIGHTLY NEWS and part 2 of Lester Holt's interview with president Donald J Trump.

90% fits and of that 100% is true.

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On Friday, February 3, 2023 at 3:10:39 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

This thread is fun and there hasn't been any drama yet.

Most image compression programmers use the DCT. I have a better idea. A 2-dimensional lossless Haar cascaded with a prediction and another Haar.

I have an idea how a video codec can have curved outlines for objects. At the border between regions which have different predictors, use 0 for one region and 1 for the other region. And let the transform's interpolation turn rectangles into a curved
outline.

--
"I want some more."
"Do you think he got it right, or should he have given it a few more tries?"

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What a song needs is a catchy title. Feel free to use.

Prince Charles marries toxic waste
Princess Anne dumped at sea

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What a song needs is a catchy title. Feel free to use.

Prince Charles marries toxic waste. Princess Anne dumped at sea.

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I don't like image codecs which make it look like there are 2 aliens in an image where there is only 1.

--
Unwrap yourself from around my finger

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"I would rather eat carbs than see her wearing my crown."

I ignored Atkins until I heard this line.

--
"Well, you can sleep on the other side."
"I don't like to sleep that close to the fire."
"Well I don't know what to tell you. First come, first served."
"Is that right?"
"Oh yeah, that's right."

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Has it happened to you that you listen to something and then the words become foggy in your memory and then they convert themselves into something better than the original?

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On Sun, 12 Feb 2023 01:45:28 -0800 (PST)
Mihai Moise <mihai.moise5@gmail.com> wrote:

Has it happened to you that you listen to something and then the words become foggy in your memory and then they convert themselves into something better than the original?

Never.

But I'd encourage you to set up your own blog where your followers can
give you proper feedback on your pearls of wisdom; this NG is about compression, not comprehension, AFAICT.

--
Bah, and indeed Humbug.

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On Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 4:53:14 AM UTC-5, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:

But I'd encourage you to set up your own blog where your followers can
give you proper feedback on your pearls of wisdom; this NG is about compression, not comprehension, AFAICT.

Missinformation, see above.

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On Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 6:01:34 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

I have an idea how a video codec can have curved outlines for objects. At the border between regions which have different predictors, use 0 for one region and 1 for the other region. And let the transform's interpolation turn rectangles into a curved

outline.

I'll implement it myself. Sigh...

--
"That's not very fashionable."
"To destroy Batman, we must first turn him into what he hates the most. Namely, us."

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I don't believe in the Unix philosophy. A required element of archivers is the ability to compress multiple files in one archive.

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Ion Creanga tales aren't appreciated enough outside of Romania.

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Only one thing makes me do compression: hoping that Libima shall be implemented in hardware and I'll get paid.

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On Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 7:53:55 PM UTC-5, Mihai Cartoaje wrote:

I'll implement it myself. Sigh...

It might take me 2190 days, but I'll do an in-your-face to all the other video codec programmers.

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I spent all my money on the new computer. It was worth it.

If you don't like my story, go write your own.

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On Tue, 14 Feb 2023 06:21:39 -0800 (PST), Mihai Moise
<mihai.moise5@gmail.com> wrote:

I spent all my money on the new computer. It was worth it.

If you don't like my story, go write your own.

What story?

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On Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at 7:21:49 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

A 2-dimensional lossless Haar is like this:

c0 = (a + b + c + d + 1) >> 1
c1 = (a - b + c - d) >> 1
c2 = (a + b - c - d) >> 1
c3 = (a - b - c + d) >> 1

You don't find a transform like this without trial-and-error. Why it works is too complicated to explain in a post. It would take a long-winded table of possible cases.

--
"Um, so you're telling me that magic is real, that there's fairies, elves, unicorns --"
"Unicorns? Get real."
The Bureau of Magical Things

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On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 7:49:10 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

When I was little, we had a tennis raquet which I think was better than all the other raquets because it was so balanced that the center of gravity was near the sweet spot. So it did not vibrate like in cartoons.

I can't find it anymore.

--
"Just do it. I don't think she's asking."

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The DCT is the KLT of the limit alpha -> 1 of the correlation matrix:

[1 alpha ...
[alpha alpha^2 ...
[... ... ...

It can be generalized to a class of transforms for different values of alpha.

--
"And, at no extra charge, pronunciation."

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On Friday, February 10, 2023 at 6:12:58 PM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

This is the checksum I use in Libima:

int c0, c1;
short c;

c0 += c;
c1 += c0;

It has about the same properties as a CRC, but I think faster on shaders. So I think of it as a gem.

It can detect any 32-bits burst error and can detect any 2 1-bit errors in a frame up to 128 KB.

--
"It's always been a dream of mine to be on a lunch box."

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Libima is fast enough that waiting for decompression is not annoying, unless it's a 5 MB file.

Apples shouldn't have switched to Arm. It's possible to make a better ISA by using compression knowledge.

--
"But here are the rules. You drive me straight there, drop me off, and then you come back to your fabulous life."
"All right, well, if there's nothing else, I've got to get started on my plan for getting Max and those annoying impressions out of the house for the summer."

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In the Middle East, sellers expect you to haggle. They feel insulted if you accept their first price.

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The halflings of the south have a saying: I owe you my life, your belongings are safe with me.

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I have invented a 2 dimensional S transform:

c0 = (a + b + c + d) >> 2
c1 = (a - b + c - d) >> 1
c2 = (a + b - c - d) >> 1
c3 = a - b - c + d

The reverse is,

t = d & 1
t2 = (b ^ c ^ (d >> 1)) & 1

a = (a << 2) + (t2 << 1) + t;
b = (b << 1) + t;
c = (c << 1) + t;

c0 = (a + b + c + d) >> 2
c1 = (a - b + c - d) >> 2
c2 = (a + b - c - d) >> 2
c3 = (a - b - c + d) >> 2

--
"All the knowledge of the world is in these books. And I've never found one thing to help make the intrusion upon their author any easier."

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The halflings of the south have a saying: I owe you my life, your belongings are safe with me.

--
"Oh, you are evil."
"Oh stop."

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On Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at 7:21:49 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

A 2-dimensional lossless Haar is like this:

c0 = (a + b + c + d + 1) >> 1
c1 = (a - b + c - d) >> 1
c2 = (a + b - c - d) >> 1
c3 = (a - b - c + d) >> 1

The reverse is the same.

--
"Sorry, Quaid. Your whole life is just a dream."

It was patented by Microsoft in 2005 so it should soon be out of patent.
--
"It's not funny, Doug."

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For fan mail:

Mihai Moise
24 Normand
Levis, Quebec
G6V 1T2
Canada

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I thought about adding Lua support to Libima for games, menus, multiple versions of a video in the same file. Like a Demi Lovato version with no sugar-free triggers.

--
"Fine, I'll play."

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On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 7:49:10 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

When I was little, we had a tennis raquet which I think was better than all the other raquets because it was so balanced that the center of gravity was near the sweet spot. So it did not vibrate like in cartoons.

The Wilson Hammer is kind of like that but because they add extra weight, the head is smaller so the sweet spot is smaller.

--
"Oh, I pity your friends."

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On Friday, February 10, 2023 at 1:45:25 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

Hella is only used in California and has hella chance of catching on elsewhere. If you stepped out of Starbucks, you would know that.

Starbucks has removed the chairs from its L.A. restaurants. They don't want to put peekers through that.

--
La La Land

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Challenge: make a joke for every Brad Pitt movie.

Thelma and Louise:
Feminists, I have a role model for you: Geena Davis.

Interview with the Vampire:
Must have been expensive to bring Ersinoe's tomb from Turkey.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith:
I don't see the difference with most couples.

Ocean's 11:
Wrong. The dice table pays 5:1 on the 7.

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On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 14:28:03 -0800 (PST), Mihai Moise
<mihai.moise5@gmail.com> wrote:

In the Middle East, sellers expect you to haggle. They feel insulted if you accept their first price.

They feel you are an idiot for accepting their first price. The same
is true on many UK markets but not in most shops.

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I can't wrap my head around how the Moon, or Luna, has been getting farther from the Earth.

--
"I guess that makes you Chad's little helper. Pranks for the help, Sonny."

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On Friday, February 17, 2023 at 8:26:58 AM UTC-5, steve1... wrote:

They feel you are an idiot for accepting their first price. The same
is true on many UK markets but not in most shops.

You know more than me. I haven't been there since 1976.

--
"Who needs words when you have heart, smile, dot dot dot"

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On Friday, February 3, 2023 at 9:35:08 PM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

Have you noticed that Sabrina's line "I'm a nightmare wrapped in a pretty bow" applies equally well to Prankster Smurf?

In the original French, it's Schtroumph Farceur.

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The reason World War 1 is called The Great War is because it was called that before World War 2.

--
"Don't you worry about blank. You let me worry about blank."

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I found a way to unify gravitation and quantum mechanics. But Arxiv keeps bugging when I submit the article.

--
"Thinks I am wizard."

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Read all about it:
https://www30.zippyshare.com/v/FPsGPSgc/file.html

—-—-—-—

Reply above this line.



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I always confuse selenium and antimony. I think selenium is Se and antimony is Sb.

--
"They're not for you. They're for Dakota, the underpriviledged little girl is going to spend a dream day at So Random!"

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On Friday, February 17, 2023 at 6:50:20 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

Ocean's 11:
Wrong. The dice table pays 5:1 on the 7.

I found a quote which goes with this.

--
"I just need to see my prom for one second. Wow. This is fantastic. This is everything I could have ever dreamed of. Tear it all down!"

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On Friday, February 17, 2023 at 9:43:53 PM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

Read all about it:
https://www30.zippyshare.com/v/FPsGPSgc/file.html

I think if Zippyshare had a counter, it would not show many reads.

--
"Bo, bo, bock, bock. Then I guess you're afraid. Bock, bock, bock [...]"

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I asked for an endorsement, but I think that is only going to allow me to submit to mathematical physics, not save my article.

--
"Well, well, well."
"I didn't think any of you would make it this far."

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I am not begging for forgiveness. I don't need a reason to die. I need a reason to live. And there isn't any.

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In compression, adaptive Huffman is to be avoided because it is slower than arithmetic.

--
"You talking to me? Well I'm the only one here."

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Someone can't write with litterary style? I feel I crossed some sort of line.

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On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 9:03:19 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

"I can wear whatever you wish. Be anything you wish. [...] You can have whatever dream you want. [...] Let me... please you."

New and improved personalities need not apply.

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This video is funny:

"Ok, my first guest tonight has been attacked by the rare combo of the Catholic Church and Nike."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU1AWcT1cps

Nike is pronounced with an ee sound at the end because it is the Greek goddess of victory.

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If you're not going to have fun with me, I am going to have fun by myself.

--
"But now it's time to end it, Louis. Now it's time to leave him."
"He will never let us go."
"Oh. Really?"
"What is it now? You irritate me. Your very presence irritates me."
"Does it?"
"And I'll tell you something else. I found someone who'd make a better vampire than both of you."
"Is that supposed to frighten me?"
"You're spoiled, because you're an only child. You need a brother. Or I do. I'm weary of you both."
"I suppose we could people the world with vampires... the three of us."
"Oh, not you, my little Claudia."
"You're a liar. But you upset my plans."
"What plans?"
"I came to make peace with you. Even though you're the father of lies, I want things to be as they were."
"Stop pestering me, then."
"Oh, Lestat, I must do more than that. I've brought a present for you."
"Oh. Then I hope it's a beautiful woman with endowments you'll never possess." "Why do you say such things? You haven't fed enough. I can tell by your color. Come and see. Don't be angry with me. When I saw them, I knew they were for you. Drunk... on brandywine. A thimbleful."
"Claudia, Claudia, Claudia. Well, you certainly have... outdone yourself."
"I promise I'll get rid of the bodies."
"We forgive each other, then?"
"Yes."
"Absinthe? You've given them absinthe?"
"No. Laudanum."
"Laudanum?"
"Yes. It killed them, unfortunately. But it keeps the blood warm."
"You... you let me drink... dead blood. You let me drink... dead..."
"One lesson you taught me... never drink from the dead."
"Louis! Put me in my coffin. Put me in my... my coffin."
"I'll put you in your coffin!"

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On Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 10:56:28 PM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

"Ok, my first guest tonight has been attacked by the rare combo of the Catholic Church and Nike."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU1AWcT1cps

Which is ironic for Nike not to want Satanic shoes because Just Do It is their whole thing.

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Here is proof it's impossible to hear the difference between CD and higher sample rates:

perl -e '$|++;binmode(STDOUT);$_ = 0;while(1){print pack("v",32767.0*sin(($_&(~1))*3.14159265*15000.0/44100.0));++$_;}' |
aplay -v -v -f cd

perl -e '$|++;binmode(STDOUT);$_ = 0;while(1){print pack("v",32767.0*sin(($_&(~1))*3.14159265*15000.0/48000.0));++$_;}' |
aplay -v -v -f dat

--
"Um, we're trying to get her mind off of the boyfriend."

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On Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 10:56:28 PM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

Nike is pronounced with an ee sound at the end because it is the Greek goddess of victory.

I looked it up in the dictionary.

--
"You're not who I expected. I imagine you're here for the same reason."

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If I program a video codec as good as MPEG, during that time, MPEG will get better. It's never the right time.

--
"That can be arranged."

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It is now time for introspection as we ponder the meaning of Dr. Fuller's words of wisdom. Dr. Fuller?

"She hasn't slept all night because of the voices."
"We will adjust her medication."


The reality is that, except for Rhoda Torrey, the medication is effective.

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Libima supports the CMYK colorspace.

--
"Miss Fiorina, your thoughts."
"You wanna talk about Putin. I know Vladimir Putin personally. I sold him a HP printer and now he hates my guts. It doesn't work. It never worked. And when Putin calls me to complain, I just smile that classic Carly Fiorina smile."

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On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 2:34:53 PM UTC-5, Phil Carmody wrote:

Who do you think you are?

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Who do you think you are?

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On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 2:34:53 PM UTC-5, Phil Carmody wrote:

You can make it.

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On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 4:12:30 PM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

In YCbCr, Cr isn't exactly red.

--
"I'm gonna get Argo. We'll set off once I get back."

And Cb isn't exactly blue.

--
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Who's the most drop-dead gorgeous one of all?
Oh you're just saying that.

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Really? An asteroid? And I was feeling sorry for myself. Oh.

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"Come on, horse. I don't have time for this. Steady. Steady. Ah. Aah."
"Hmm, poor deity. That had to hurt. I guess life was a lot softer when you were handing out punishment for the gods. Too bad you blew it. Too bad too sad."

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Guaranteed. I can back it up.

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"That's not fair. I am reduced to paying for things."
"You say that so often. I wonder what your basis for comparison is."

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"And as we're rolling up on the midnight hour, get ready for 55 minutes of your favorite music. And for those of you that haven't won anything from us recently, stay tuned we got tickets to give away, we got t-shirts, we got concerts."

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"Hello."
"Hillary Clinton! Uh the world knew all your secrets. How did you survive being first lady?"
"Well you.. you just tell yourself it'll all be worth it when you're president. Ha! Ha!"
"But... but you lost."
"I know. I was there. But... you know... I see you're wearing white to the State of the Union. Is that a subtle nod to the Suffragettes or time's up?"
"No... is just co-inky-dink."
"Look, Melania, I... I... I feel your pain. But... you married him."

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On Tue, 28 Feb 2023 19:48:52 -0800 (PST)
Mihai Moise <mihai.moise5@gmail.com> wrote:

"And as we're rolling up on the midnight hour, get ready for 55 minutes of your favorite music. And for those of you that haven't won anything from us recently, stay tuned we got tickets to give away, we got t-shirts, we got concerts."

It'd be easy to compress your posts to eliminate the off-topic stuff.

--
Bah, and indeed Humbug.

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I couldn't think of a non-sexist joke about Thelma and Louise.

--
"I know this is a big change for you, but it'll feel like home in no time at all."

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On Wed, 1 Mar 2023 09:25:02 +0000, "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1>
wrote:

On Tue, 28 Feb 2023 19:48:52 -0800 (PST)
Mihai Moise <mihai.moise5@gmail.com> wrote:

"And as we're rolling up on the midnight hour, get ready for 55 minutes of your favorite music. And for those of you that haven't won anything from us recently, stay tuned we got tickets to give away, we got t-shirts, we got concerts."

It'd be easy to compress your posts to eliminate the off-topic stuff.

He is using gmail so even compressed messages are often rejected.

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I wish Arxiv had read my article before hitting me with a refusal.

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"Just take me home."
"I will. First we need to make one teeny tiny little stop."

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"I thought we agreed that we hate Gigi so much, we'd never say her name."
"But you just said 'Gigi'."
"Ok, from now on we'll say her name backwards."
"But 'Gigi' backwards is still 'Gigi'."
"That's right. We'll say 'Gigi' but only we'll know it's backwards. It'll be hilarious."
"I like it. Anyway, do you remember that one-of-a-kind jacket in the window you've been wanting? It's gonna be in the sale."
"It all sounds good, but I can't go. It's on Thursday. I have a family commitment."
"Do you also have a commitment to letting Gigi run all over you for the rest of your life?"
"[sigh] Great. Here she comes with her copycat crew. Act like we don't care." "Bonjour, Alex. Bonjour, Alex's friend."
"Nice shoes. I mean, pfft, I don't care about you or your shoes."
"Yeah, I've had these shoes for about a week. Oh, I mean, I'd give them to you, but I already promised them to another charity."
"No, you should keep them. They go so well with your eyebrow."
"Well at least I don't have man hands. I mean, how do you get those meat stubs through your sleeves?"
"What happened to you two? Pick your noses so hard, they fell off?"
"They got nose jobs."
"When they heal, they'll be just like Gigi's"
"When's Gigi's gonna heal?"
"People always take shots at the trendsetter. And by the way, I saw you looking at that jacket at Suburban Outfitters. And good for you for knowing you need a new one. "
"Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! Ow, Ow, Ow." x2
"But it's mine, and it'll look so much better on me."
"Not if I get it first."
"Well, good luck finding it, because I already went down there and hid it." "Hey, that's not in the spirit of the crazy 10-minute sale."
"Yeah! Whatever. Come on, girls. Time to change your gauze. Look! Alex had an accident again!"
[laughter]
"Gigi, this is silly. How long is this gonna go on? We've been fighting with each other forever."
"Fighting? Really? Let's see. I've won, like, 300 times, and you've won none, so it's not really a fight."

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"The urn gives them strength to face those demons within. Do you understand?" "I do."
"We'll get your urn back."
[Tara rolls eyes]
"Thank you. Oh."
[Tara covers face "I've never been more embarassed"]

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On Wed, 1 Mar 2023 11:40:22 -0800 (PST), Mihai Moise
<mihai.moise5@gmail.com> wrote:

I wish Arxiv had read my article before hitting me with a refusal.

Most usenet user will not read articles from just a quoted reference.
Years ago that used to work but not since gmail ripped off usenet.
Most usenet users don't use Google Mail. If you really want usenet
users to read an article you should paste a useful quote into your
message. If your really lucky the quote may fit but anything other
than plain probably won't fit.

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"Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> writes:

On Tue, 28 Feb 2023 19:48:52 -0800 (PST)
Mihai Moise <mihai.moise5@gmail.com> wrote:

"And as we're rolling up on the midnight hour, get ready for 55
minutes of your favorite music. And for those of you that haven't
won anything from us recently, stay tuned we got tickets to give
away, we got t-shirts, we got concerts."

It'd be easy to compress your posts to eliminate the off-topic stuff.

Just killfile him. Alas that leads to a philosophical debate over
whether that algorithm is lossy or not.

Phil
--
We are no longer hunters and nomads. No longer awed and frightened, as we have gained some understanding of the world in which we live. As such, we can cast aside childish remnants from the dawn of our civilization.
-- NotSanguine on SoylentNews, after Eugen Weber in /The Western Tradition/

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"Oh, look. Gigi's handing out invitations to her annual tea."
"I'm so glad we're not invited because then we'd have to talk like this -- [British accent] Hello mumsie. Hello popsie. Isn't this a lovely tea? Do you think my pinky's high enough?"
'[British accent] No. Higher like this because if you're going to a fancy tea, you need to act like you've smelt something terrible."
"Good afternoon, Alex, Harper. How's this lovely day treating you so far?" "[regular voice] What happened to your faces? Apply your makeup with a hammer?" "That is really funny, Alex, but incorrect."
"What you see is the result of a new method where they inject stuff into your forehead. Then in a few days it falls down into your cheekbones."
"Wait a minute. Time out. Why aren't you fighting back? We just bagged on your faces, which should be in a bag. See? I did it again. Why aren't you insulting me? Remember, we don't like each other."
"Oh, but that was back when we were young and foolish."
"That was yesterday."
"My point exactly. That's why I'm inviting you both to my tea this weekend." "Your tea? I've always wanted to go. Thanks, Gigi. This is great!"
"What?!"
"Well, I hope you guys can make it. Come, girls. Let's go make fun of Eddie till he cries."

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"Alex, red alert. Gigi and the Wannabes are heading this way."
"I can't believe it. It's after second period and I haven't humiliated anyone today. Look. Hey, everyone. Laura Moloney is moving into Andy Hollenbeck's locker. They're totally going out."
"We're just lab partners."
"We're just lab partners? You are embarrassed to be going out with me. That's it. We're done."
"It's sick. It's like Gigi gets a thrill out of humiliating people just 'cause they like someone."
"See? This is why no one can know I have a crush on Dean."
"He doesn't have a bedtime! I'm sorry. You just say his name and these things pop up."
"Guess what, Alex? We're having a sleepover at Cindy's tonight. And like always, you're not invited."
"Gigi, how many times are you gonna not invite me to something before you realize I don't care?"
"Well, if you don't care so much, why did you crank call us last time?"
"You can't prove that was me."
--
"I know this is a big change for you. But it will feel like home in no time at all."

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"Maybelle? Well, run me over and call me dinner."
"It's so lovely to make your acquaintance... Isn't this soirée simply to die for?"

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"It is not whether you die which matters. It is how."
-- Velasca

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The only place to learn about greening the desert is Youtube. People who study the soil sciences in their office play telephone. On Youtube they show you.

--
"And scroll, scroll, scroll"

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"Hello, half-breed. And how we feeling today?"
"Do you mean because of your curse?"
"Isn't that why you summoned us?"
"So that we might remove it?"
"We'll happily do so, as soon as you pledge that you won't be going to the Academy."
"My Aunt Hilda's taken care of your curse with a reversing spell... but we still might be able to strike a deal. There are four mortal boys who need to be taught a lesson. Help me teach them, and I'll stay right where I am at Baxter High."
"Are they handsome at least?"
[Dorcas chuckles]
"It's always more fun when they're handsome."
[girls chuckle]
"We'll back you up, half-breed. But they're your enemies. You'll have to do most of the work."

[...]
[power buzzing]
[radio static]
"What the hell?"
[static continues]
[soft moans on the wind]
[female laughter echoing]
"Guys. Guys."
"Hello, boys."
"[chuckles] What's up?"
"The four of us were thinking of having a little party in the mines... but we'd need beer and boys for that."

"Do you go to Baxter? You look kind of familiar."
"I do, but my gal pals go somewhere else."
"Where? Riverdale?"
"You wouldn't know it. It's a special school. [chuckles]"
"Very special."
"No boys allowed."
[girls giggle]
[boys laugh]

"You know what they call this place, don't you? The Devil's Doorway. They say the mines in Greendale run so deep, one shaft takes you all the way down to Hell."
"[boy clears throat] I don't know about this, man. This is starting to feel really freaky to me."
"Now, boys. Don't go getting scared on us."
"I just don't wanna break my neck tripping in the dark. [chuckles]"
"There are lamps right inside the tunnel."
"See?"
[Dorcas laughing]
"Maybe they are scared. Maybe they're just scared little boys."
[girls chuckle]
[girls continue chuckling]

"We're almost there."
"Where?"
"The Devil's Lair."
"She's kidding, right?"
"You know what we forgot? Music. We can't have a party without music."
"Wait, I hear something"
[distant singing voices]
"Listen."
"This is so messed up."
"I love this song."
"Me too."
"Me three."
"Me four."
[distant singing continues]
"That's impossible. Where the hell is that coming from?"
"It's so... warm down here."
[Dorcas chuckles]
"Probably because we're so close to him."
"Who?"
"You know who."
"Guys, we should go."
"Shut the hell up, Ed."
["Terrible Thing" playing]
♪ Honey, you're so cold ♪
♪ You left me out of control ♪
♪ Lose my self control with you
And within ♪
♪ Do things I don't want to do ♪
♪ All for you ♪
♪ You terrible thing ♪
♪ You terrible thing ♪
♪ You terrible thing ♪
♪ You beautiful thing ♪
[Prudence sighs]
"What do we think? Too bright?"
♪ A wreck, a wreck within me... ♪
"There, that's better."
"Much better."
"So much better."
[all groan, moan]
[wind whooshes]
[girls laughing]
"Just look at them."
"They're so adorable."
"We should take a picture."
"I brought a camera."
[camera clicks]
[boys moaning]
[boys gasp, scream]
"What the hell?"
"What?"
[boys pant]
"You bitches are gonna regret that."
"No... we won't. Because these photos will be up all over school if you lay a hand on Susie or any girl ever again."
"Let's get outta here."
"No one is going anywhere until you give us those pictures."
"No, no, no. No one's going anywhere because we're not done playing yet." "Prudence."
"You'll like this next game."
"This isn't what we talked about."
"It's called Devil... "
"We got what we needed. Let's let them go."
"... in the... "
"We can't kill them."
"Huh?"
"...Dark."
"What the hell?"
"What are they doing?"
"Everyone stay calm."
"If we can't see them, they can't see us."
"There's where you're wrong."
"Girls?"
"Guys, I can't see either."
[camera shutter clicks]
[boys scream]
"Guys! Did you feel that? Something touched me."
[boys scream]
[camera shutter clicks]
[screaming continues]
"It touched me!"
[boys screaming]
["Terrible Thing" continues]
♪ Oh, you beautiful thing ♪
♪ You terrible thing ♪
"What's this?"
[birds tweeting]
"Souvenirs from tonight."
"I don't understand."
"We took their boyhoods. Until you release the birds, those four boys won't be... rising to any occasion."
"A few weeks of impotence might teach them better manners."
"You could've warned me. At least given me a heads-up."
"[chuckles] We didn't think you'd want to participate. But perhaps you're more suited to the Academy than we originally imagined."
"Yeah. About that --"
"Oh, save your breath, we know you lied. You're a terrible liar."
"If you knew I lied, then why would you help me?"
"We don't need a reason to torment mortal boys."

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On Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 2:32:06 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

"Just take me home."
"I will. First we need to make one teeny tiny little stop."

Time passes quickly in Hell when you're drinking and smoking.

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"Only happens once."

You can only do this during your lifetime. In the afterlife, you can't even hurt other humans, to say nothing of more powerful beings. Live a little.

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"Take me to the dance."
"What?"
"The Charity Ball. I want you to take me and wear something nice."

--
"All the decorations and the lights upon the tree
Gifts and celebration for our friends and family
Looking back now I regret being a tad extreme
When Christmas comes around wait forget the queen of mean
I see a whole lot of nothing
Stuff in my stockings
Ain't nobody shopping for me
Taking the crown was an error
I wanted to wear it
But I was not the fairest you see
I was jealous spelling the V.K.s
I ruined James' birthday and coveted the throne
So I took Maleficent's scepter
Locked Chad in a closet and turned my friends to stone
Just give me a chance to reverse it
I don't deserve this
I was going out of my mind
Now they're gonna cancel my Christmas
How about forgiveness
Everything is gonna be fine
Just gotta rewind x4
Oh yeah"
"Let's see what's in the cards
You took the game too far
Up to the roof just like that
Even called me a brat
I guess I could have done better
China put out the ember
Will Christmas visit at all
Or skip us this December"
"Celia I'm really sorry"
"Please do"
"Just give me a chance to reverse it
I don't deserve this
I was going out of my mind
Now they're gonna cancel my Christmas
How about the good list
Everything is gonna be fine
Just give me a chance to reverse it
I don't deserve this
I was going out of my mind
Now they're gonna cancel my Christmas
It was just business
Everything is gonna be fine
Just gotta rewind x7"

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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Wearing a tunic but ain't gonna be Cinderella
Bought matching polish for one of my bitches
I'd rather spoil all my friends with my complaints
Think deep depression my new addiction

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Hella is only used in California and has hella chance of catching on elsewhere.
If you stepped out of Starbucks, you would know that.

What do you do when someone is annoying and you want to get rid of them?

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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Sabrina's line "Got a fire in my blood that can burn the Sun" reminds me of the arms movement Sam does after she is asked about global warming.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"There's no fooling you, is there?"
"That's pliéing Polly. Put her back."
"Mop the floors, spank the brat, pickup the paycheck on Friday."
"Hey, hey, you don't touch that unless I happen to invite you."
"Get away from there."
"I will work overtime, weekends, holidays, Yom Kippur, Christmas."
"Our lunch date has been cancelled because you can't afford lunch."
"PEZ"
"PEZ"
"PEZ"
"PEZ"
"PEZ"
"PEZ"
"Shoes!"

"The anger burns my skin third degree."

--
I will take you to Heaven before I take you to Hell.
I want a genetic test.
"Insurance. If you refuse to help at any time, we flip the switch."

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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If you wanna be with me
Baby there's a price to pay
I'm a genie in a bottle
You gotta rub me the right way

If you wanna be with me
I can make your wish come true
You gotta make a big impression
Gotta like what you do

Oh yeah

If you wanna be with me
Baby there's a price to pay
I'm a genie in a bottle
You gotta rub me the right way

If you wanna be with me
I can make your wish come true
Just come and set me free baby
And I'll be with you

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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The Gnome, in his bid for freedom, has fallen foul of Baron Sukumvit's final trap.

Thus you will soon realize that the more you rely on your luck, the more risky this will become.





Trying to force destiny is the worse trap.

Don't think that because you got away with something, that it was ok.





I am looking for someone who believes in destiny.
signed Nemesis





People who believe in destiny are right. That is not what I want to do. I want to go up against the impossible challenge. Hari Seldon is wrong: it is always forbidden.
Nemesis

--
"The (grotesquely ornate) level of support
for segmentation was dictated by Intel, when it specified (and
IBM and the compiler makers accepted) the format that .OBJ files
will have. I attended the fateful meeting at Intel, in which the
crucial design decisions were made. I regret to say that I sat
quietly, while engineers more senior than I applied their fertile
imaginations to construct fanciful scenarios which they felt had
to be supported by LINK. Let's now review the resulting
segmentation model."
-- Eric Isaacson

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"Do you hate me?"
"The pants were from a sketch."
"Yeah."
"You wore them to go out."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa."
"And now I'm out. Of every magazine, every club opening and everything cool."

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On Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 11:37:40 PM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

♪ You terrible thing ♪
♪ You beautiful thing ♪
[Prudence sighs]
"What do we think? Too bright?"
♪ A wreck, a wreck within me... ♪

Helen of Troy here with beauty, terrible beauty and no dagger to the chest.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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And, if you're keeping score,
It's everyone in the world + their dog more points for Gryffindor

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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If you're still interested in buying me a gift, I would like the following: eyeglasses <=-4.75

--
"That pickle you seem to be offering only sweetens the deal."

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On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 10:46:57 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

"I will work overtime, weekends, holidays, Yom Kippur, Christmas."

9

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On Monday, March 13, 2023 at 1:13:29 AM UTC-4, Mihai Moise wrote:

On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 10:46:57 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

"I will work overtime, weekends, holidays, Yom Kippur, Christmas."

9

Cientipedoro: a venomous myriapod invented by Lewis.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 10:46:57 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

"I will work overtime, weekends, holidays, Yom Kippur, Christmas."

"Can you do 9 push-ups?"

--
"Walked into the door again."
"Like when I see you in the morning and say, 'Hey, you look great today!' It's not real."
"The school's gonna love hearing stories about Alex that I don't have to make up."
"I can't belive it. It's after second period and I haven't humiliated anyone since this morning."
"I can't belive it. It's after fourth period and I haven't humiliated anyone since after second period."

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On Monday, March 13, 2023 at 5:04:50 AM UTC-4, Mihai Moise wrote:

"The school's gonna love hearing stories about Alex that I don't have to make up."

"I can't belive it. It's after sixth period and I haven't humiliated anyone since after fourth period."

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Sorry not sorry, ms Cobblepot, never again.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"Three pictures of Mackenzie Falls and no Tawni, no Tawni, no Tawni!" "Bananas..."

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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They're having a sale on peasant blouses. https://www.museumreplicas.com/natural-gauze-renaissance-gypsy-shirt
I bet they're good for all afore-mentioned occasions.

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Give it a chance before they are out of stock.

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The line "my blood is boiling hotter than a fiery sea" reminds of ZFS, which claims that filling 2^128 bytes requires more energy than evaporating the oceans. And in My Oh My the rapper says "I'm hot", meaning he has access to money.

I think the line is about hot products and people who can say "I'm hot".

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"Mop the floors

For your plan towards me, Cheater Girls 10:12

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"'Tis a Madman's action. No, no, Ambrosio: Let us for awhile fly from divine vengence. Be advised by me; Purchase by one moment's courage the bliss of years; Enjoy the present, and forget that a future lags behind."
"Matilda, your counsels are dangerous: I dare not, I will not follow them. I must not give up my claim to salvation. Monstrous are my crimes; But God is merciful, and I will not despair of pardon."
"Is such your resolution? I have no more to say. I speed to joy and liberty, and abandon you."
"Yet stay one moment, Matilda! You can release from these chains, which weigh me down. Save me, I conjure you, and bear me from these fearful abodes!"
"You ask the only boon beyond my power to bestow. I am forbidden to assist a Partizan of God: Renounce this title."
"I will not sell my soul to perdition."
"Persist in your obstinacy, till you find yourself at the Stake: Then will you repent your error, and sigh for escape when the moment is gone by. I quit you. -- Yet ere the hour of death arrives should wisdom enlighten you, listen to the means of
repairing your present fault. I leave with you this Book. Read the four first lines of the seventh page backwards. If you are wise, we shall meet again: If not, farewell for ever!"

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"'Tis a Madman's action. No, no, Ambrosio: Let us for awhile fly from divine vengence. Be advised by me; Purchase by one moment's courage the bliss of years; Enjoy the present, and forget that a future lags behind."
"Matilda, your counsels are dangerous: I dare not, I will not follow them. I must not give up my claim to salvation. Monstrous are my crimes; But God is merciful, and I will not despair of pardon."
"Is such your resolution? I have no more to say. I speed to joy and liberty, and abandon you."
"Yet stay one moment, Matilda! You can release me from these chains, which weigh me down. Save me, I conjure you, and bear me from these fearful abodes!"
"You ask the only boon beyond my power to bestow. I am forbidden to assist a Partizan of God: Renounce this title."
"I will not sell my soul to perdition."
"Persist in your obstinacy, till you find yourself at the Stake: Then will you repent your error, and sigh for escape when the moment is gone by. I quit you. -- Yet ere the hour of death arrives should wisdom enlighten you, listen to the means of
repairing your present fault. I leave with you this Book. Read the four first lines of the seventh page backwards. If you are wise, we shall meet again: If not, farewell for ever!"

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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Old Man Ellis says he remembers a time when corporate takeovers were done on paper.

That's why Old Man Ellis is stuck back in Procurement while I'm in Sales and Marketing. Old Man Ellis is a wimp.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"Dakota. Hi, I'm Sonny. I'm so happy you're here. I'm gonna give you the best day of your little life."
"It's not gonna be that hard, Sonny."

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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I know what word in Spanish Elton John's song is about. "te quiero" means "I want you".

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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I never wrote that I was Satanist.

Satan always gets his way
But I don't play the Devil's game

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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And btw,

There's no rest for the wicked heart
When you can't see now what you really want
Got a fire in my blood that can burn the Sun
And I'm not afraid cause I'd die for love
Tic tic toc and now it's time
To get back what I've left behind

I always get what I want.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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Knock knock knock on the gates of Hell
Guess who's back with another spell

"Got any wine?"
"Plenty."
"Got any tabacco?"
"Plenty."

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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In Star Trek The Enemy Within, a transporter accident splits Captain Kirk into two beings: one good, who is weak.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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On Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 6:26:12 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

On Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 2:32:06 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:

"Just take me home."
"I will. First we need to make one teeny tiny little stop."

Time passes quickly in Hell when you're drinking and smoking.

"Thank you so much for rescuing me from dr Dastardly's volcano lair. You saved me just in time."
"I know, your toes are still smoking."

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"Don't turn it off. You might miss your second call from the Nobel committee letting you know you've been nominated as dumb-ass laureate of the year."
"Oh yeah? Well, you wouldn't even be eligible."

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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That prophecy is false. We will go back to being friends.

--
"I knew if we subjected Tawni to that stupid mop, she'd snap."

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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I guess you could stop, if you follow Matilda's advice above.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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'Twas throwing words away for still
The little miss must have her will

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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I'll make it up to you, somehow.

--
"Tawni, I'm telling you: nobody acts this dumb in real life. Well, except them."

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"You ask the only boon beyond my power to bestow. I am forbidden to assist a Partizan of God: Renounce this title."

I guess you could stop, if you follow Matilda's advice cited.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"There's no escape. I wanna talk to Nick."
"Sabrina? Is it really you?"
"Let me see your tongue. Nice try, Satan, but a forked tongue is a dead giveaway. I wanna talk to the real Nick. Now."

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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It doesn't matter what you call this. You'll feel it. That's what matters. You'll feel every moment of whatever happens to you.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"What are you doing?"
"Where are you taking those?"
"I'm turning her back on."
"That is not a good idea."
"She'll know a way out of here."
"That homicidal bitch killed my team."
"That homicidal bitch may be our only way out of here."
"Considering the way she's been treated, I'm sure she's gonna be real happy to help us out."

"Ah, there you are. Things, I gather, have gone out of control."
"Give me that fucking switch right now. I'm gonna fry her ass."
"I did warn you, didn't I?"

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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Got a fire in my blood that can burn the Sun

There shall never again be an opportunity like this. If we fail, there might be the Apocalypse.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"Now you're just being ridiculous. Only good gals win medals, and you, miss, are no good gal."
"I could be a good gal if I wanted to, and I could win a medal!"
"Uh-huh. And when you do, come and talk to us."
"And then would you finally let me be on top of the cake with you guys?"
"If you won a medal, we'd let you live up here in the penthouse! But it will never happen because you're just the bad gal who wrecks the building."
"No, I'm not."
"Yes, you are!"
"No, I'm not!"
"Yes, you are."
"All right, Gene. You know what? I'm going to win a medal. Oh, I am going to win a medal! The shiniest medal this place has ever seen! And good night! Thank you for the party."
"Is she serious?"
"Oh, please! Where's a bad gal going to win a medal? Of course she's not serious."

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"I'm running a company, Mokuba. I don't have time for mummys and pharaohs." "Oh. I thought you'd be into this kind of thing. Whatever."
"Kaiba."
"This is Ishizu Ishtar. You should really pay closer attention to my press conference."
"How did you know I was watching? Hmm?"
"I'm personally inviting Seto Kaiba to this evening's private exhibition. I promise what he will witness will change his life forever."

"They were the strongest and most feared creatures of annihilation. Obelisk the Tormentor, Slifer the Sky Dragon, the Winged Dragon of Ra. Control one, and you can destroy a million armies. Wield all three and the planet itself will quake in fear."
"And Pegasus turned them into cards?"
"Yes."
"You lie. If he had them, why didn't he use them against me at Duelist Kingdom?"
"Because Pegasus feared the power of these Egyptian god cards. You cannot fathom the magical energy contained within. Pegasus could not control the power of the cards he created. They threatened to overwhelm and destroy him."
"[thinking] Cards that even make Pegasus quake in his boots. If I can obtain the three legendary monsters, I'll be unstoppable in any duel. Yugi won't stand a chance. But how do I get them? I can't ask Pegasus: he's dropped off the face of the Earth.
They have to exist somewhere."
"Ishizu, what did Pegasus do with the cards?"
"He gave them to me for safekeeping."

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"What are you staring at?"
"Your leg. I'd like to break it."
"You may find that difficult, slave, while I'm up here and you're down there."

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"I did. He said we'll think about the consequences when we get there."
"And you're frustrated because he phrased his reply in the form of a meaningless tautology?"
"No. I am frustrated because I am a failure at everything and my breath smells like fly."

--
"Yeah, yeah. I used to dress like that but nobody took me seriously."

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"Did we just watch different movies?"

They're not for you. They're for Dakota, the underprivileged little girl who's going to spend a dream day at So Random!

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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I also don't look like Sorsha. And yet.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 11:14:08 AM UTC-4, Mihai Moise wrote:

"Did we just watch different movies?"

They're not for you. They're for Dakota, the underprivileged little girl who's going to spend a dream day at So Random!

Zack and Cody season 2 episode 31.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"I knew if we subjected Tawni to that stupid mop, she'd snap."

If you're going to pretend you don't understand, can you do that for everything in the media? That would really be helpful.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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The name of my game is to win at all costs.

--
"You're gonna pay for this one. What were you thinking? Obviously, you weren't thinking."

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"I knew if we subjected Tawni to that stupid mop, she'd snap."

Have it your way. Sabrina the part I omitted as [...]

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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Look at what I'm offering, your dream:

"The name on everybody's lips is gonna be Conway
The lady raking in the chips is gonna be Conway
I'm gonna be a celebrity
That means somebody everyone knows
Ooh I'm gonna join SAG
From just some dumb blueberry farm I'm gonna be Conway
Who says that lying's not an art
And when they google just a K
My name will come up before Kanye
Kellyanne Conway
Boys --"
"They're gonna wait outside in line to get to see"
"Conway / Conway"
"Think of those autographs I'll sign 'Good luck to you'" (blows kiss)
"Conway"
"And I'll appear in a long-sleeves dress
On any show they'll let me do
Ooh I'm a star
But hey that's showbiz kid"
"She's giving up her humdrum life"
"I'm gonna base"
"Conway"
"She treats the news just like a page"
"And when the world goes up in flames
At least for now they knew my name
Kellyanne Conway"

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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Look at what I'm offering, your dream:

"The name on everybody's lips is gonna be Conway
The lady raking in the chips is gonna be Conway
I'm gonna be a celebrity
That means somebody everyone knows
Ooh I'm gonna join SAG
From just some dumb blueberry farm I'm gonna be Conway
Who says that lying's not an art
And when they google just a K
My name will come up before Kanye
Kellyanne Conway
Boys --"
"They're gonna wait outside in line to get to see"
"Conway / Conway"
"Think of those autographs I'll sign 'Good luck to you'"
"Conway"
"And I'll appear in a long-sleeves dress
On any show they'll let me do
Ooh I'm a star
But hey that's showbiz kid"
"She's giving up her humdrum life"
"I'm gonna base"
"Conway"
"She treats the news just like a page"
"And when the world goes up in flames
At least for now they knew my name
Kellyanne Conway"

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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Everything Mona says is true.

This which Fischl says is true:

Didst thou cry out mine holy name
in earnest supplication?
It must be time to just remind
this servant of her station

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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Devils? Get real.
That's the gods when they mess with our stuff. Everything is our stuff. "I never asked for anything that wasn't mine".


"Everybody knows that it's me or you"

Open both eyes to see this astrological genius
Allow me to elucidate the difference between us
I gaze upon the heavens and the universe speaks
You read a book, stole a look and you lie through your teeth

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"But that's the price of being the best. And you're willing to pay it."

I don't know what to tell you. First come, first served.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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Tell that turkey to stuff it
You can eat crow and love it
The Astrologist demolished
Miss Pompous and her puppet
I'm laying down the smack
on this crackpot quack

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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Old Man Ellis says he remembers a time when corporate takeovers were done on paper.

That's why Old Man Ellis is stuck back in Procurement while I'm in Sales and Marketing. Old Man Ellis is a wimp.

For persisting in your obstinacy: Cheater Girls 10:12
see also Bring It On gray car

See, now it all makes sense, doesn't it.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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I realized why... they are called...

Brave
Thank you +

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"Catch that magic panda. Use her powers."
That gal has no idea what's going on.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"Vicky, let's look at the big picture here. Now, if you all can just stick with my plan and we pull it off, we'll be heroes. You could write your own ticket. You might even land the 'Jared from Subway' account."
"Yeah, but I don't think you can pull it off. You can't even pull off those bow ties."
"That was very mean, but I'm gonna move past that in the name of unit cohesion."
"I'm taking over. I'm going to execute my version of this Neighbourhood."
"This is insubordination. And if you do not do what I tell you immediately you are going down."
"That's a complete report of every mistake you've made, every screw-up all laid out in excruciating detail [she chuckles]. So actually, if you don't do what I said, you're going down. [in Australian accent] Down under."

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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If your wrath did end, then you won't mind: Cheater Girls 10:12

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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Have you lost what little mind you had?

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"But that's the price of being the best. And you're willing to pay it."

No take-backs. The faster a band-aid is pulled off, the less painful it is.

They'll make fun of me I know it.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"If you won a medal, we'd let you live up here in the penthouse! But it will never happen because you're just the bad gal who wrecks the building."

If good does not allow getting anything done, the remaining option is evil.

Or, in your words,
"I wouldn't advise this. Disabling me will result in loss of primary power."

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"And when the world goes up in flames

Oh my self. You're holding everything I wrote against me. And you think you're better than me. Ok, I see what's going on here. You want reminding of your station.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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For three days you enjoy Fang's greatest hospitality and are treated like a demigoddess. During the long merriment, you almost forget your purpose in Fang; but the evening before the Trial, the magnitude of the task ahead begins to dominate your thoughts.
Later, you are taken to a special guest-house and shown to your room. There is a splendid four-poster bed with satin sheets to help you rest. But there is little time left for sleep.

Just before dawn a trumpet call awakens you from vivid dreams of flaming pits and giant black spiders.

"And if I wasn't willing to pay the price?"
"Flaming pits and giant black spiders."

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)

Have you lost what little mind you had?

'Twas throwing words away for still
The little miss must have her will


It must be time to just remind
this servant of her station
Cheater Girls 10:12

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"But that's the price of being the best. And you're willing to pay it."

You were evil at a sweet sixteen level.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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Brave

You had it the first time.

Azure Bonds

"Chidi, don't go! I don't care if you don't love me. I love you. It's the only thing that makes any sense to me in this crazy world and I think we should stay here and try --"
"No, stop, Vicky. They figured it out."
"They..."
"They know this is the Bad Place. Eleanor figured it out."
"Oh, man! This was supposed to be my big moment. I just rehearsed that speech for, like, three hours. Damn it, Eleanor, you are the worst and you can all suck it."


Since you seem to agree with me you won't mind: Cheater Girls 10:12

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"It's so lovely to make your acquaintance... Isn't this soirée simply to die for?"

I was hoping to see Kanye.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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skill

She's not doing what she was told because she is confused. Now one of my continents is turning into a desert because of one person not understanding. Now you know how annoying you are.


This is my world and I want it how I like it.

Okay blondie, let's battle

For calling me a devil even though they don't exist (it's just an expression): Cheater Girls 10:12

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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Did you get back our stuff?

Stop blowing and start talking.

It's frankly absurd
that this idiot bird
has to hang out and translate
for some role-playing nerd

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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Sure if you found it.

She was talking to Sunny.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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Who hasn't heard of 15/Love.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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These words also make sense to me:

"there's no guarantee it would work."
"But there's a chance, right?"
"I don't deal in chance."

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"But that's the price of being the best. And you're willing to pay it."

The words make sense to me now:

"I can help you get the virus. I have access to security codes, surveillance plans, the works."
"But?"
"But there's gonna be a price."

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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Brave

Each arrow can be a theory of physics.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"There's no fooling you, is there?"

And videos and gotta make a big impression gotta like what you do.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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It's frankly absurd
that this idiot bird
has to hang out and translate
for some role-playing nerd

I asked for a genetic test.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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Here is what that quote means. There are 2 lengths of it; the longest one is,

"I can help you get the virus. I have access to security codes, surveillance plans, the works."
"But?"
"But there's gonna be a price."
"Name it."
"You have to guarantee"

The allegory ends after guarantee. The point is that good means cannot guarantee anything. To guarantee something, one has to use evil means. And therefore the price.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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The price in that allegory is the possibility of getting punished.

Ima dance, dance, dance into the dark
I hear my heart beat faster
I'm not afraid to take that chance

I recommend to apologize later rather than to ask permission now.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"You had one job. Not only did you fail, you're a traitor."
"You really junked your jeans on this one, you butterface."
"I did what I had to do."
"Oh, you had to junk your jeans?"
"How could you betray your own kind like this?"
"Oh, spare me the sanctimonious lecture. You never cared about me. In the words of Socrates, 'Ya basic!' It's a human insult. It's devastating. You're devastated right now. The Good Janet has escaped too. You'll never find her."
"Oh , you mean this... Good Janet? I found her in, like, two seconds. She was wandering the halls being polite to people. Like a chump."

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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A good idea is a good idea.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"And as Sabrina, his girlfriend, I can only do so much. As Sabrina the witch... I could... fix this. If I-- If... If we have... the power to ease his suffering why shouldn't I use it?"
"Well, for a start, there are rules. And it's a treacherous business. Life. Death. The... afterlife. These are not things to be trifled with."
"Why? Is it that complicated?"
"Well, no, actually. The incantation I have is really quite simple and yields great results. I've seen them firsthand. But you can't. I beg you."
"Wait, you have this incantation?"
"Somewhere in my office, on the shelves in Baxter High. A Book of the Dead, full of all sorts of necromantic rites. But Sabrina... even if you did use this rite, there's one part of the spell that's unspeakable."
"Which part?"
"I'm loathe to say it out loud. The spell requires an offering for the dead to rise. Balance out the cosmic forces."
"Oh. Someone has to die for Tommy to live again."
"An eye for an eye. A life for a life. But you couldn't cross that line."

This is the big idea. We make the world a better place. We do it our way no matter what he says. Then we don't have to follow any rules. From his point of view, we are no different than any other bad guys.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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That wasn't revenge. It was a trap meant to keep me explaining secrets to the entire world. As in if I embarrass myself, people will only go along with me if I explain. Don't worry about it.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"We are receiving a distress signal from the U.S.S. Kobayashi Maru... The ship has lost power and is stranded. Starfleet command has ordered us to rescue them."
"Starfleet command has ordered us to rescue them, captain."
"Two Klingon vessels have entered the neutral zone and are locking weapons on us."
"That's okay."
"That's okay?"
"Yeah, don't worry about it."
"Did he say, 'don't worry about it'?"
"Is he not taking the simulation seriously?"
"Three more Klingon warbirds decloaking and targeting our ship. I don't suppose this is a problem either."
"They're firing, captain."
"Alert medical bay to prepare to receive all crew members from the damaged ship."
"And how do you expect us to rescue them when we're surrounded by Klingons, captain?"
"Alert medical."
"Our ship is being hit. Shields at 60%."
"I understand."
"Well, should we, I don't know, fire back?"
"No."
"Of course not."
"What is this? What's going on?"
"Hmm. Arm photons. Prepare to fire on the Klingon warbirds."
"Yes, sir."
"Jim, their shields are still up."
"Are they?"
"No. They're not."
"Fire on all enemy ships. One photon each should do. Let's not waste ammunition."
"Target locked and acquired on all warbirds. Firing."
"All ships destroyed, captain."
"Begin rescue of the stranded crew."
"So! We've managed to eliminate all enemy ships, no one on board was injured, and the successful rescue of the Kobayashi Maru crew is underway."
"How the hell did that kid beat your test?"
"I do not know."

"This session has been called to resolve a troubling matter. James T. Kirk, step forward. Cadet Kirk, evidence has been submitted to this council suggesting that you violated the ethical code of conduct pursuant to regulation 17.43 of the Starfleet code.
Is there anything you care to say before we begin, sir?"
"Yes, I believe I have the right to face my accuser directly."
"Step forward, please. This is commander Spock. He is one of our most distinguished graduates. He's programmed the Kobayashi Maru exam for the last four years."
"Commander?"
"Cadet Kirk, you somehow managed to install and activate a subroutine in the programming code, thereby changing the conditions of the test."
"Your point being?"
"In academic vernacular, you cheated."
"Let me ask you something I think we all know the answer to. The test itself is a cheat, isn't it? I mean, you programmed it to be unwinnable."

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"Takhisis planned to use this temple to return to the world from which she'd been driven by Huma Dragonbane, but her way was blocked by love and self-sacrifice. Nevertheless she had great power, and she launched a war upon the world that came near to
destroying it. Her evil commanders, like a pack of wild dogs, fell to fighting among themselves. A band of heroes rose up. Looking into their hearts , they found the power to thwart her, defeat her, and cast her down. Her temple at Neraka was destroyed,
blasted apart at her rage at her downfall."
Dragons of a Fallen Sun

Here good and evil are reversed. Takhisis is good. It means that if we have love, self-sacrifice or fight among ourselves, it will cause disaster major.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"You are the most self-obsessed person I have ever met."
"You should see Kendall Jenner's Instagram feed."
"See, this is my fear about you, Eleanor -- you are too selfish to ever be an evil person."
"Well, I think you're wrong."
"What country am I from again?"
"Sen... sodyne"
"That is a brand of toothpaste. Look, the only thing that you are concerned with is your own happiness. That's your problem."

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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"I can handle myself. I'm 13."
"Then you better start acting like it."
"You have to admit, it was pretty stellar."
"Yeah. I mean it was probably the best one we will ever have an opportunity to see."
"The colors"
"Those colors were undulating. It was almost like a religious ex..."

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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That's what I have been explaining. Pessimistic talks were just making fun of you. You are treated like a demigoddess because you can make the world a better place and, like in Good Omens, you can prevent the Apocalypse by taking the risk of rebelling.
If you are unwilling to take the risk, then it is unwinnable. And because of those rules Wardwell mentioned, the Apocalypse might not happen and the Earth would continue for 5 billion years worse than it is now.

"Uh -- Um, sweetie? You see that giant quasar we're heading into? You might wanna scooch a few parsecs to the left."
"I'm afraid I can't do that, Leela."

Pillars: Suppose god goes on vacation and lets one of his angels decide. Then anything can happen. But celestial beings are practically always good. Since god doesn't want us to rebel, scare tactics are to be expected. If rebelling and not rebelling have
the same risks, of course he would mention one and not mention the other.

Suppose I told you that god and the devil made a wager, a kind of standing bet, for the souls of all mankind.
It's not a standing bet; it's once.
Suppose I told you that god and the devil made a wager for the souls of all mankind.
God and the devil are the same.
Suppose I told you that god made a wager for the souls of all mankind.
That's us. See first paragraph. I believe the words you are looking for are, "no I'm out of that now I've been too busy".

"And believe me, that is where you ought to be."
There's something I absolutely need to write to you about, but I can't do it long-distance and it's better to wait and I can only trust you after you renounce the title.

Also, you saved my life.

The shot which matters is always the next one.

I tried to annoy you by falsely pretending you were my girlfriend. But they were funny.

Mariah and Kesha are definitely about me. I'll leave it at that.

Because I have figured out the "rules" and I presume you didn't. For anyone else, it's like playing poker in the dark without knowing the rules and with a dealer who never says anything and is always smiling. I have everything explained on papers. The
rules are too restrictive to get anything done.

In Sabrina there is a bridge, which might be a reference to Tale of the Pig. In Resident Evil, Caplan translates to head on a lance, which is the penalty of failure in a tale by Mihai Eminescu.

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No, you're not.

"but when I woke up the two sides had been fighting about me for a long time."

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I answered your question about the applause sign yesterday. See, that kind of moxie means we gotta be friends.

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The explanations cannot leave my house. And you can only read them after you stop being a partisan of god, cause crazy bitch.

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"When you cut the power, you unlocked the doors. You let them out."

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I finally understood the refrigerator scene in Uptown Girls.

"You'd do that for me?"
"Just watch me dial my cell phone."
"CDC here."
"Really, Chad?"
"Man, I gotta get a third phone. Yeah of course she does. Okay but, unlike you, we're very busy at Mackenzie Falls."
"Okay, losers, everybody front and center. So, what have we learned today?"

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Nothing is an April joke. I didn't notice when it was April 1. I'll repost it.

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"And as Sabrina, his girlfriend, I can only do so much. As Sabrina the witch... I could... fix this. If I-- If... If we have... the power to ease his suffering why shouldn't I use it?"
"Well, for a start, there are rules. And it's a treacherous business. Life. Death. The... afterlife. These are not things to be trifled with."
"Why? Is it that complicated?"
"Well, no, actually. The incantation I have is really quite simple and yields great results. I've seen them firsthand. But you can't. I beg you."
"Wait, you have this incantation?"
"Somewhere in my office, on the shelves in Baxter High. A Book of the Dead, full of all sorts of necromantic rites. But Sabrina... even if you did use this rite, there's one part of the spell that's unspeakable."
"Which part?"
"I'm loathe to say it out loud. The spell requires an offering for the dead to rise. Balance out the cosmic forces."
"Oh. Someone has to die for Tommy to live again."
"An eye for an eye. A life for a life. But you couldn't cross that line."

This is the big idea. We make the world a better place. We do it our way no matter what he says. Then we don't have to follow any rules. From his point of view, we are no different than any other bad guys.

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"And as Sabrina, his girlfriend, I can only do so much. As Sabrina the witch... I could... fix this. If I-- If... If we have... the power to ease his suffering why shouldn't I use it?"
"Well, for a start, there are rules. And it's a treacherous business. Life. Death. The... afterlife. These are not things to be trifled with."
"Why? Is it that complicated?"
"Well, no, actually. The incantation I have is really quite simple and yields great results. I've seen them firsthand. But you can't. I beg you."
"Wait, you have this incantation?"
"Somewhere in my office, on the shelves in Baxter High. A Book of the Dead, full of all sorts of necromantic rites. But Sabrina... even if you did use this rite, there's one part of the spell that's unspeakable."
"Which part?"
"I'm loathe to say it out loud. The spell requires an offering for the dead to rise. Balance out the cosmic forces."
"Oh. Someone has to die for Tommy to live again."
"An eye for an eye. A life for a life. But you couldn't cross that line."

This is the big idea. We make the world a better place. We do it our way no matter what he says. Then we don't have to follow any rules. From his point of view, we are no different than any other bad guys.

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I assure you that without me, many people would come looking for a pound of flesh. You would be on the hearing end of the boardroom speech. You saved the world, but only temporarily. If you become good, I would be left with no protection and the world
would collapse like a house of cards.

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"You're all fools. That mask was mine. By rights of the Amazon, that mask was mine. Hello, Gabrielle. Thought I was dead, didn't you?"
"I don't know how you survived that fall, Velasca, but you're hurt. You need help."
"I have all the help I need right here."

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"I've eaten a lot of canaries. It's taken some work. But I finally have them. The worst of the worst."
"There's rumors, Amanda, that some of them have abilities."
"Well, the rumors are right. You know what the problem with a metahuman is? The human part. We got lucky with Superman. He shared our values. The next Superman might not."
"You're playing with fire, Amanda."
"I'm fighting fire with fire."
"You're not going to pitch us that Task Force X project of yours again, are you?"
"Yes. But this time you're gonna listen."

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"And as Sabrina, his girlfriend, I can only do so much. As Sabrina the witch... I could... fix this. If I-- If... If we have... the power to ease his suffering why shouldn't I use it?"
"Well, for a start, there are rules. And it's a treacherous business. Life. Death. The... afterlife. These are not things to be trifled with."
"Why? Is it that complicated?"
"Well, no, actually. The incantation I have is really quite simple and yields great results. I've seen them firsthand. But you can't. I beg you."
"Wait, you have this incantation?"
"Somewhere in my office, on the shelves in Baxter High. A Book of the Dead, full of all sorts of necromantic rites. But Sabrina... even if you did use this rite, there's one part of the spell that's unspeakable."
"Which part?"
"I'm loathe to say it out loud. The spell requires an offering for the dead to rise. Balance out the cosmic forces."
"Oh. Someone has to die for Tommy to live again."
"An eye for an eye. A life for a life. But you couldn't cross that line."

This is the big idea. We make the world a better place. We do it our way no matter what he says. Then we don't have to follow any rules. From his point of view, we are no different than any other bad guys.

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My sister studied law. The Corporate Law teacher hired her to do Q & A sessions. And she told him, "I don't have all the answers. I explain something and the students say, 'There's another way of looking at it' and I realize they are right." And the
teacher said, "Who said that you have to have all the answers?"

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"To your right. Warm. Warmer. Disco."
"Hello?"
"Push the button if you wanna talk."

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I found a psychology test.

SOMETHING HAPPENED TO YOUR PARENTS

4 Your parents have amnesia and don't remember you

What? We're bad guys.

PERSONALITY TRAITS

2 Rebellious, antisocial, violent

DISASTER STRIKES

8 Hunted by law: You are hunted by the law for crimes you may or may not have committed (your choice).

"Wow. The Batman. Or is it just Batman? Uh, your choice, of course."

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT?

7-8 Get what's rightfully yours

THE CAUSE

4 Accused the other of cowardice

Can I have it all or is that too much

HOW IT WORKED OUT

Loquacious little teen
Gods I swear that I'll scream
if I end up stuck inside
one of your cutscenes

LOVE AFFAIR WITH PROBLEMS

8 One of you is insanely jealous

You're never gonna let that go.

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